Fuel injector with multiple variable timing

Patent · Tue Jul 23 04:00:00 EDT 1991

OSTI ID:5774923

Perr, J P; Muntean, L

This patent describes a fuel injector having variable timing. It comprises an injector housing having an axial plunger bore with an injection nozzle at one end for discharging fuel from the axial plunger bore and a plunger receiving opening at the other end; an injector plunger mounted for successive cycles of reciprocating movement within the axial plunger bore of the housing and translatable between a retracted position and an inserted position; plunger biasing means for biasing the plunger in the retracted position; a timing chamber which receives timing fluid at variable pressures; and timing means.

• Assignee: Cummins Engine Co., Inc., Columbus, IN (USA)
• Patent Number(s): US 5033442; A
• Application Number: PPN: US 7-298913
• OSTI ID: 5774923
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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